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Staff demand ANU finish divestment from fossil fuels

2016-03-14 20:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Hundreds of academics and other staff at the Australian National University have called on the university to divest completely from fossil fuels, in an open letter addressed to the ANU council. In 2014, under the previous vice chancellor, ANU divested from seven resource companies, selling about $16m worth of shares. The move attracted a torrent of criticism in editorials in the Australian financial press, and even the countrys treasurer at the time, Joe Hockey, weighed in, describing ANU as...

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Factory farming divestment: what you need to know

2016-03-03 10:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: The fast food chain Subway is latest to join the backlash against antibiotic use in the farm sector. It has launched a new chicken sandwich in the US made with meat from animals raised without antibiotics. The move is a sign of the growing consumer and business interest in the welfare and environmental impact of animals reared for meat, dairy and eggs, with most of the blame directed at intensive, factory-style farms. Hoping to echo the success of the fossil fuel divestment movement (which...

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Oil industry must thwart 'misguided' divestment campaign, says Saudi minister

2016-02-25 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Big Oil must thwart the movement to leave fossil fuels in the ground, the worlds most powerful oilman said on Tuesday. Addressing executives in Texas, Saudi oil minister Ali Al-Naimi said the industry had to shed its Dark Side image and show it was a force for good. As an industry, we should be celebrating that fact, and better explaining the vital importance of these precious natural resources, he said in a transcript at an event in Houston. We should not be apologising. And we must ignore...

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